Blog | Aug 6, 2016
GAVY Teacher Training Graduates Success Stories
Ever wonder what might happen in your life if you took the GAVY 200 Teacher Training?
After 15 year of leading teachers trainings and seeing over 450 graduates, Michael Gannon has seen many transformations in people’s lives.
Physical? Obviously!
Mentally? Absolutely!
Spiritually? Often!
Professionally! Every Year!
It is not easy to make a living as a yoga teacher, but many GAVY graduates have used their experience with Gannon to learn how to wake up, discover what they truly want from life, rise up, and make it happen!
Below are just a few GAVY graduate stories to inspire you.
Johanna Smith GAVY class of 2009 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Johnna added Ashtanga to her already high level teaching skills, opened a yoga school in Charlotte, NC and co-taught advanced teacher trainings with Gannon.
Coco Lapage GAVY class of 2010 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Coco assisted Michael in 2 teacher trainings in Mexico, went with Michael to Goa, India to assist his retreat at Purple Valley Yoga and started traveling to teach in Canada & USA.
Minnar Martinez GAVY class of 2009 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Minnar continued his apprenticeship with Michael by assisting him in 4 GAVY teacher trainings and hosting Gannon Yoga workshops in Mexico and then Miami. He now has a thriving teaching practice in Miami and travels teaching in Mexico, USA and Europe.
Manuel Espinosa GAVY class of 2012 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Mannu used his training with Michael to shift his practice and teaching from Bikram to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. He has since secured jobs teaching in Bali and Thailand.
Chaman Espinoza GAVY class of 2010 Playa del carmen, Mexico.
Chaman used his GAVY 200 experience to transcend a physically limiting ankle surgery. He then moved on to world travel and taking yoga teaching opportunities in Indonesia and Thailand.
Amanda Kramer
GAVY class of 2014 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
After her GAVY 200 teacher training with Michael, Amanda qualified for the Gannon Power Vinyasa Advanced 300 Training. She now teaches in different cities in the USA and returns to Playa del Carmen annually to teach the Yoga Anatomy for Michael’s teacher trainings.
Michelle trained with Michael to develop a personal self practice that she could take with her on the road. She now uses this to provide balance to her professional powerlifting and bodybuilding competitions. And, incorporates the yoga into her professional coaching business.
Frida has done both the GAVY 200 and the GPVY 300 Advanced Training with Michael. She has since joined the Yogaloft family to teach both Ashtanga and Gannon Power Vinyasa Yoga. Eventually taking the position of head of Front Desk at the Playa del Carmen, Mexico location. She is also featured in online yoga practice videos on La Scimmia Yoga in Italian.
Luciana Silveyra GAVY class of 2009 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Luciana used her GAVY Training to dig deeper into her already professional acting career in Mexican, launching her beyond to an international level.
Iman Elsherbiny class of GAVY 2008, Goa India.
After seveal retreats with Michael, then his teacher training, Iman took a staff position at Purple Valley Yoga in Goa. She then returned to her homeland and opened the first Ashtanga Yoga school in Cairo, Egypt.
Daniela Manzur GAVY class of 2014 Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Daniela became the lead Ashtanga teacher at Yogaloft after here training with Michael. Then grew onto teaching group and private classes at Rosewood Mayakoba in The Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Ana Paula took skills and inspiration from her Teacher Training with Michael to build Xinilani in Puerto Vallarta. One of the most beautiful yoga retreats in Mexico.
Sophie wanted so much to share all she learned in her training with Michael that she opened Anahata Yoga in Mexico City in 2007. And in 2015 she opened her second school, Yoga and Health by Anahata.
Karla graduated from both GAVY 200 and the GPVY 300 Advanced Training with Michael. She joined the Yogaloft team to teach both Ashtanga and Gannon Power Vinyasa Yoga.
Zephyr-lily May Mercer GAVY class of 2006 London, England.
After GAVY 200 London, Zephyr followed Gannon back to Goa where she had first practiced with him the year before. Gannon recommended her for a job at Purple Valley Yoga Goa, giving her an opportunity to practice with many other world ashtanga teachers. Zephyr then went onto both Bali and Australia to work and teach at other world famous yoga retreats.
Jennifer Champan GAVY class of 2014 Playa del Cermen, Mexico.
Jennifer actually hosted Michael Gannon Yoga workshops at her home studio in Durban, South Africa before she finally made the journey all the way to Mexico to take the GAVY 200 Teacher Training. Her training has allowed her to grow her yoga studio, and next year she will host Michael for the first ever GAVY 200 Teacher Training in Africa!
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